What is tarakasi?
Cuttack’s filigree begins as a silver bar and ends as wire finer than a hair, bent into lace.
How to keep silver from tarnishing
Wear it often, store it dry and polish it gently: three habits that keep silver bright.
Read the postJournal
Notes from Tarakasi Silver House
Guides, care tips and stories from behind the counter.
Choosing a payal for every day
Weight, clasp and bells: what to check before you buy an anklet you will wear daily.
How a silver price is worked out
Silver rate, weight and making charge: how we arrive at ₹3,650 for a pair of jhumkas, line by line.
Bringing old silver to exchange: what to expect
Bring the pieces, watch them weighed and tested, and see the melting loss explained before you choose anything new.
Oxidised or bright silver: which to choose
Blackened grooves or a mirror shine. How each finish looks, wears and ages, and which suits what you wear.
Silver for Raja: gifts for the June festival
Raja brings new clothes, swings and gifts for daughters. What Cuttack families buy in silver for the three days.
Bali Jatra week in Cuttack: a visitor’s guide
The great November fair on the Mahanadi bank, with notes on getting there, crowds and shopping for silver.
Is 92.5 silver real silver?
Why jewellery is made in 92.5 and not pure silver, and what the number on the tag really tells you.
Three days on a granulated kada
Hundreds of tiny silver balls, each placed by hand. How Bijay makes the kada that takes our longest to finish.
Today’s silver rate, each morning.
One WhatsApp message a day with the rate and one new piece.